Strategic Account Executive (uk)

Writer Writer · AI Frontier · London, United Kingdom · Sales

Strategic Account Executive for an AI agent platform company, focusing on selling to global enterprises. The role involves owning the full sales cycle, driving net-new revenue, engaging C-level executives, and becoming a trusted product expert to demonstrate value and accelerate deployment. Requires extensive experience in strategic SaaS sales, complex enterprise sales cycles, and consultative selling.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the full enterprise sales cycle from prospecting through close, managing complex deals with 8-18 month sales cycles and navigating multi-stakeholder buying committees across procurement, legal, IT, and business units
  2. Drive net-new revenue by identifying, qualifying, and developing strategic opportunities within target verticals and named account lists, consistently building a robust pipeline that exceeds coverage targets
  3. Engage C-level executives and senior decision-makers in consultative discovery to understand their business priorities, uncover transformational use cases, and position WRITER as the strategic platform to achieve their AI vision
  4. Partner cross-functionally with solutions engineering, product, and customer success teams to architect tailored solutions, run successful pilots, and ensure seamless deployments that deliver measurable business outcomes
  5. Lead complex negotiations involving multi-year contracts, custom pricing structures, and enterprise terms, while maintaining deal momentum and driving consensus across diverse stakeholder groups

Skills

Required

  • 7-10+ years of quota-carrying strategic SaaS sales experience
  • Proven track record of meeting or exceeding annual quotas in complex, value-based sales motions targeting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 accounts
  • Demonstrated expertise in managing sophisticated enterprise sales cycles with multiple stakeholders
  • Navigating procurement processes
  • Orchestrating cross-functional resources to drive deals through technical evaluations and executive approvals
  • Executive presence and communication skills
  • Ability to credibly engage with C-suite buyers (CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, COOs)
  • Translate complex technical concepts into business value
  • Build authentic relationships based on trust and strategic insight
  • Strong consultative selling skills
  • Ability to conduct discovery that uncovers underlying business challenges
  • Connect AI capabilities to measurable outcomes
  • Create urgency around transformation initiatives
  • Experience in outbound prospecting, account mapping, and territory planning
  • Hunter mentality
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • Bias for ownership

Nice to have

  • Experience selling AI agent platforms
  • Experience selling to global enterprises (8,000+ employees)

What the JD emphasized

  • full enterprise sales cycle
  • complex deals
  • multi-stakeholder buying committees
  • net-new revenue
  • strategic opportunities
  • C-level executives
  • senior decision-makers
  • AI vision
  • complex negotiations
  • multi-year contracts
  • enterprise terms
  • trusted product expert
  • critical evaluation phases
  • accelerate time-to-deployment
  • rigorous pipeline hygiene
  • forecasting accuracy
  • predictable revenue results
  • transparent visibility
  • deal progression
  • risk factors
  • quota-carrying strategic SaaS sales experience
  • proven track record of meeting or exceeding annual quotas
  • complex, value-based sales motions
  • Fortune 500 and Global 2000 accounts
  • sophisticated enterprise sales cycles
  • multiple stakeholders
  • procurement processes
  • orchestrating cross-functional resources
  • technical evaluations
  • executive approvals
  • Executive presence
  • communication skills
  • credibly engage with C-suite buyers
  • translate complex technical concepts into business value
  • build authentic relationships
  • trust
  • strategic insight
  • consultative selling skills
  • uncovers underlying business challenges
  • connects AI capabilities to measurable outcomes
  • creates urgency
  • transformation initiatives
  • outbound prospecting
  • account mapping
  • territory planning
  • hunter mentality
  • consistently create new opportunities
  • inbound leads
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • bias for ownership
  • fast-paced environments
  • figure things out
  • make decisions with incomplete information
  • drive your own success
  • minimal oversight
  • Deep alignment with WRITER's values
  • Connect across functions
  • build collaborative relationships
  • Challenge the status quo
  • aren't afraid to have difficult conversations
  • Own your outcomes
  • accountability
  • commitment to long-term impact